Navy Viking Rocket fired from the White Sands Proving Ground on May 24 and made a record breaking climb to 158 miles above the earth. An aerial...
The ground crew of the McDonnell Douglas DC-X poses in front of the vehicle. The DC-X is a single-stage reusable launch vehicle for taking cargo into...
The ground crew of the McDonnell Douglas DC-X stands near the base of the vehicle. The DC-X is a single-stage reusable launch vehicle for taking...
An open hatch exposes the engine compartment of the McDonnell Douglas DC-X, just before its maiden flight. The DC-X is a single-stage reusable launch...
The DC-X rocket descends to a soft landing after having hovered at a set height during a test flight. The DC-X is a single-stage reusable launch...
The DC-X rocket fires its engines as it makes a soft landing after a test flight. The DC-X is a single-stage reusable launch vehicle for taking cargo...
Smoke surrounds the DC-X rocket as it lifts off the pad. The DC-X is a single-stage reusable launch vehicle for taking cargo into earth orbit.
Smoke surrounds the DC-X rocket as it lifts off the pad. The DC-X is a single-stage reusable launch vehicle for taking cargo into earth orbit.
Flames pour from the engine of the DC-X rocket. The DC-X is a single-stage reusable launch vehicle for taking cargo into earth orbit.
The DC-X sits on the ground at the White Sands Missile Range, moments before engine ignition. The DC-X is a single-stage reusable launch vehicle for...
Smoke surrounds the DC-X rocket as it lifts off the pad. The DC-X is a single-stage reusable launch vehicle for taking cargo into earth orbit.
The DC-X rocket lifts off from its launch pad. The DC-X is a single-stage reusable launch vehicle for taking cargo into earth orbit.
The DC-X rocket begins its descent after having hovered at a set height during a test flight. The DC-X is a single-stage reusable launch vehicle for...
The fireball of the Trinity blast expands outward in this high-speed photography image. | Location: Alamagordo, New Mexico, USA.美國三位一體核試驗, 新墨西哥州
The mushroom cloud of the Trinity test in New Mexico. | Location: Alamagordo, New Mexico, USA.美國三位一體核試驗, 蘑菇雲, 新墨西哥州
Robert Oppenheimer and General Leslie Groves examine the twisted wreckage that is all that remains of a hundred-foot tower, winch, and shack that...罗伯特·奥本海默, 美國三位一體核試驗, 莱斯利·理查德·格罗夫斯
This photo taken two seconds after Gadget's initial detonation at 5:29:45 a.m. Shows the two research balloons at the perimeter of the blast catching...灰塵, 爆炸
The mushroom cloud of the Trinity test in New Mexico. | Location: Alamagordo, New Mexico, USA.美國三位一體核試驗, 新墨西哥州, 蘑菇雲
This photo taken at the moment of Gadget's initial detonation at 5:29:45 a.m. Shows the waves of terrific energy emanating from the bomb's core.
This photo taken at nine seconds after Gadget's detonation at 5:29:45 a.m. Shows the tremendous fireball erupting in the early morning sky, proving...火球
This photo taken at six seconds after Gadget's detonation at 5:29:45 a.m. Shows the tremendous fireball erupting in the early morning sky, proving...爆炸
Collection of movie cameras waits ready to photograph the Trinity nuclear weapon test, near Los Alamos in 1945.美國三位一體核試驗
The test tower for the detonation of Gadget stands in the middle of the Trinity Nuclear test site.美國三位一體核試驗, 爆炸
Flash bomb', a kind of large, remote camera flash unit for illuminating the explosion's mushroom cloud, stands ready for detonation hour at the...美國三位一體核試驗, 三位一體核試遺址
Physicist Norris Bradbury sits next to The Gadget, the nuclear device created by scientists to test the world's first atomic bomb, at the top of the...原子彈, 美國三位一體核試驗, 新墨西哥州
The fireball of the Trinity blast expands outward in this high-speed photography image. | Location: Alamagordo, New Mexico, USA.軍事基地, 美國三位一體核試驗, 新墨西哥州
The scorch marks of the blast wave on the desert floor around the site of the shot tower where the 'Gadget' nuclear bomb was detonated in the Trinity...美國三位一體核試驗, 原子彈, 爆炸
This photo taken at the moment of Gadget's initial detonation at 5:29:45 a.m. Shows the waves of terrific energy emanating from the bomb's core,...字母表, 美國三位一體核試驗
The platform at the top of the tower houses 'Gadget', the world's first nuclear bomb, at the Trinity test site at Alamogordo, New Mexico, July 1945.美國三位一體核試驗
Philip Morrison is responsible for carrying the core for the nuclear bomb Gadget to the Trinity Site.美國三位一體核試驗
This photo taken at seven seconds after Gadget's detonation at 5:29:45 a.m. Shows the tremendous fireball erupting in the early morning sky, proving...美國三位一體核試驗, 火球
The mushroom cloud that formed 12 seconds after the world's first detonation of an atomic bomb, at Trinity Site in New Mexico on July 16, 1945.原子彈, 美國三位一體核試驗, 爆炸
Row of cameras stands ready to record the detonation of Gadget at the Trinity nuclear test site.美國三位一體核試驗, 三位一體核試遺址
This photo taken at five seconds after Gadget's detonation at 5:29:45 a.m. Shows the tremendous fireball erupting in the early morning sky, proving...美國三位一體核試驗
This photo taken at four seconds after Gadget's detonation at 5:29:45 a.m. Shows the tremendous fireball erupting in the early morning sky, proving...爆炸, 美國三位一體核試驗
This photo taken at three seconds after Gadget's detonation at 5:29:45 a.m. Shows the tremendous fireball erupting in the early morning sky, proving...
This photo taken at two seconds after Gadget's detonation at 5:29:45 a.m. Shows the tremendous fireball erupting in the early morning sky, proving...
Men place sandbags against a bunker in preparation for the detonation of Gadget at the Trinity nuclear test site.美國三位一體核試驗
Gadget, the first nuclear bomb deployable in a test setting, hangs beneath the beginnings of its test tower at the Trinity Site, where workers will...美國三位一體核試驗
An excess velocity gauge suspended from a frame assists Manhattan Project scientists in nuclear weapons development and testing at the Trinity Site...美國三位一體核試驗, 原子彈, 三位一體核試遺址
This series of photos taken during Gadget's initial detonation at 5:29:45 a.m. Shows the ball of flame descending from its initial origin at the top...美國三位一體核試驗
